Tag: grindcore

Metal music is anything but a stagnant genre. Off-shoots and subgenres wax and wane constantly, frequently with other types of music that are often associated with metal due to their dark or aggressive tones. Industrial is a fine example. Its avant-garde fusion of rock and electronic has and still is grouped in to other types…

25 years and 15 albums later Napalm Death still shows no signs of writing a power ballad. Napalm Death cares not for your relationship woes, your dragons or your schlocky horror movie revenge fantasies. No, Napalm’s music is firmly rooted in real life suffering and subjugation, despite what the exhumed-esque gory cover art(above) would…

By Matt Albers There are many different types and styles of extreme metal. And there are countless bands that can be categorized and marginalized into all different subgenres within extreme metal based on their sound. Each one of those bands and their corresponding subgenres conjure up their own unique identities as well. While deathgrind is…

Matt Albers Sometimes great opportunities that you think would never happen just come right out of the blue. St. Louis is fortunate enough to have hard-working promoters and bookers at different levels to try their damnedest to bring in diverse musical acts, including those in the heavy metal genre. And it’s great to see…

Matt Albers Being a Midwestern-based fan of extreme underground music naturally yields an unspoken understanding toward a lack of numerous, unique bands and tours making stops in your city. Larger cities and their surrounding areas like Chicago, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Cleveland, or even Detroit regularly host a wide range of big and small metal…

Max Cavalera (Soulfly, etc.) has a different direction in mind for the next release from him and his brother Igor “Iggor” Cavalera‘s band Cavalera Conspiracy. Max recently told live-metal.net that the groups new album would be “all grindcore”. The following exchange took place with the above-mentioned site in regards to that: “On the other hand–again,…